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Online network Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET) and MyComputer.com, a provider of integrated Web-site management tools, announced a deal today to offer site analysis for businesses that use Go2Net's free Hypermart Web hosting service HyperMart, combined with Go2Net's Virtual Avenue and FreeYellow.com, provide services for more than 750,000 small and medium-si...
SmartServ Online (OTC BB: SSOL) has entered into a licensing agreement with Diversinet Corp. (Nasdaq: DVNT) to offer end-to-end security and digital signature capabilities to users of its e-commerce platform The e-commerce solutions provider will add Diversinet's Passport Certificate Server to boost its portfolio of Web and wireless e-commerce tran...
If you think that Internet time is fast, just look at wireless time. Unwired e-commerce went from zero to Amazon.com in about 12 short weeks On the same day that Amazon.com announced its Net phone shopping on Sprint PCS, Microsoft announced a pact with wireless leader Ericsson to develop end-to-end solutions for wireless Internet.
While research into online buying habits has revealed some consistent shopping patterns, not much has been said about the makeup of this army of online consumers Until now.
The European Commission, the executive agency of the 15-country European Union, proposed specific initiatives yesterday that would cause e-commerce to skyrocket on the continent -- that is, if they are implemented Recognizing that cheaper Internet access is the key to building a strong e-commerce base, the commission is calling for all European tel...
"Name your price" service pioneer priceline.com(Nasdaq: PCLN) and online travel sites Travelocity and Preview Travel (Nasdaq: PTVL) announced today that they are forming a marketing alliance that will consolidate access to their combined customer base of 20 million members The companies said that the agreement will allow Travelocity and Preview Tr...
AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews AT&T and MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman William Kennard that outlines a plan to allow consumers who access the Internet via AT&T's cable TV lines to choose service from a number of co...
AT&T's plan to open its high-speed network to rivals such as America Online is receiving mixed reviews AT&T and MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman William Kennard that outlines a plan to allow consumers who access the Internet via AT&T's cable TV lines to choose service from a number of co...
Moving to increase its presence in the market for open-source e-commerce software solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) announced this week that it is releasing a version of the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) for Linux The J2SE development platform for Linux, produced with Inprise Corp. (Nasdaq: INPR), will allow e-commerce prof...
A group of brick-and-mortar businesses from South Carolina to Michigan have united in an effort to push for the taxation of electronic commerce The E-Fairness Coalition, which includes the International Council of Shopping Centers, the American Booksellers Association and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, is arguing that a ...
$ECURE-IT-e, a new service that promises to secure credit card transactions made over the Internet, added a new wrinkle to the e-holiday shopping season by launching its Web site earlier this week The Canadian company offers service for a base price of $4.99 (CA$) and pledges to handle all disputes with online merchants, banks and, if necessary, le...
The decision to buy is made, the online order is placed, and the customer is ready to check out. It's now time to calculate the shipping charges, and surprise! The shipping cost to the consumer is zilch, zero, a giant goose egg. Are e-tailers giving away the store? ...
NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), the Internet venture formed by the Peacock Network, announced today that it has launched a Web boutique to sell jewelry inspired by one of its daytime dramas Working in conjunction with the NBC drama "Passions," the company launched the Passions Boutique and will sell jewelry with national shopping network ValueVision Internati...
While the next few weeks may not tell the definitive story of electronic shopping, evidence is emerging that early sales projections were rosier than what actually materialized According to online research firm Service Metrics, even if holiday sales reach an ambitious $15 billion (US$), they will account for less than 10 percent of total sales. Tha...
As part of the new Amazon.com Anywhere initiative, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and nationwide digital wireless phone network Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) announced today that owners of Internet-enabled Sprint PCS phones can now shop at Amazon.com without a computer Customers are able to shop online by choosing Amazon.com from their Sprint PCS phone's MiniB...
Online Latin America network StarMedia (Nasdaq: STRM) announced today that it has formed a one-year e-commerce and marketing agreement with Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) to promote Dell's products and services throughout StarMedia's properties "StarMedia's strong affiliation with Latin America's online consumers and Dell's proven Internet dire...
While e-commerce is turning white hot and dot-com IPOs continue to soar out of the box, cooler heads like Yale School of Management's Jeffrey E. Garten are taking it all in with a note of caution In an essay in this week's Business Week, Garten, a former investment banker and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, makes some rather so...
Australian media giant News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and Internet healthcare company Healtheon/Web MD (Nasdaq: HLTH) announced today that they have joined forces in a $1 billion (US$) partnership The two companies plan to utilize one another to produce unique online and offline programming and give it a global reach unsurpassed in the industry.
There is still a large e-commerce nut left to crack on the Internet: Small to medium-sized business While it has become the fastest-growing business group, its involvement in e-commerce has been spotty at best. How do small companies buy online? How do small companies sell online? Do small companies even go online? ...
Of all the roadblocks that e-tailers encounter on their way to success in the new electronic frontier, shopping bots may become the most formidable With catchy names like DealTime.com, mySimon.com and RUSure.com, bots are presenting e-tailers with the ultimate challenge -- how to keep their customers from clicking off into the great beyond.
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